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771 views · Published 17 January 2016 · 3:09 · Indexed 30 October 2026

Channel: Manila Bulletin · 2016 · News & Politics

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Mico Ramos is no stranger to bullying, having gone through those dark periods until he was in third year high school. But that experience had taught him how to face and put up a “fight” against his offenders.

 

“I, and even my mother, [have] experienced being bullied physically and emotionally,” the 23-year-old, who hails from Davao City, said in Filipino in an interview with Manila Bulletin (MB) Wednesday morning.

 

Ramos said his mother single-handedly raised him, so he himself had to fight the emotional distress brought about by his bullies.

 

“All of the efforts come from her, but, of course, I also make it a point to help myself,” he said.

 

Ramos, according to Autism Society of the Philippines (ASP) National President Mona Magno-Veluz, is just one of 1.2 million Filipinos born with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a condition that has given the former quite a hard time socializing with other people his age.

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